On How Life Is

On How Life Is
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1, 1999 (1999-07-01)
Studio
Genre
Length44:55
Label
ProducerAndrew Slater
Macy Gray chronology
On How Life Is
(1999)
The Id
(2001)
Singles from On How Life Is
  1. "Do Something"
    Released: June 21, 1999[1]
  2. "I Try"
    Released: September 27, 1999[2][a]
  3. "Still"
    Released: March 13, 2000[4]
  4. "Why Didn't You Call Me"
    Released: July 24, 2000[5]

On How Life Is is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Macy Gray. It was released on July 1, 1999, by Epic Records and Clean Slate. Produced by Andrew Slater, it became Gray's best-selling album to date, selling 3.4 million copies in the United States and seven million copies worldwide.[6][7]

The album's second single, "I Try", became an international success, topping the charts in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand,[8][9] while reaching number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.[10] The song also won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2001.[11]

  1. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 21 June, 1999: Singles". Music Week. June 19, 1999. p. 27.
  2. ^ "New Releases – Week Starting 27 September, 1999: Singles". Music Week. September 25, 1999. p. 25.
  3. ^ "メイシー・グレイ" [Macy Gray]. Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Archived from the original on February 12, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting March 13, 2000: Singles". Music Week. March 11, 2000. p. 27.
  5. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting July 24, 2000: Singles". Music Week. July 22, 2000. p. 25.
  6. ^ "Macy Gray – Biography". VH1. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  7. ^ Peters, Mitchell (August 13, 2013). "Macy Gray Signs with APA". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  8. ^ "Macy Gray – I Try". australian-charts.com. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  9. ^ "Search the charts". The Irish Charts. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  10. ^ "Macy Gray Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  11. ^ Skanse, Richard (February 22, 2001). "Steely Dan, U2 Top Grammys". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 1, 2018.


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